Latin America, Travel

3 Sports Activities in Cancun, Mexico

As the saying goes, “You know what the difference is between Miami and Cancun? They speak English in Cancun!” Cancun has earned a rather negative reputation among travel insiders. You know the type. The ones who call themselves “travelers, not tourists” with a judgmental nose in the air. To a point, they’re right. With a Subway or Starbucks on almost as many street corners as the U.S., Cancun can feel like just…

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Best in the World, Food, Travel

Best Meals in the World

A good meal is more than just a restaurant. In fact, a good meal doesn’t even have to take place in a restaurant. It could be a meal you’ve cooked in your own house to enjoy with friends and family. It could be a mystery dish you bought from a street vendor in Vietnam or a regional specialty in Singapore that tastes great no matter who made it. Or, in my story…

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Craft Beer Travel, Destination Beer Travel Guides, Travel, United States

Craft Beer West Palm Beach, Florida – Yes, There is Beer in Paradise

UPDATED FOR 2017!!! You’ve shopped until you dropped, sunned until your skin reached just the right shade of crisp, and wined and dined enough to become one the West Palm Beach elite. Now you just want a damn craft beer so you could do what you really flew to West Palm Beach for – relax. Don’t worry, The Wandering Gourmand has you covered with some of the best craft beer West Palm Beach, Florida.  …

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Europe, Travel

Top Boutique Hotels in Vienna, Austria

Vienna is beautiful! Vienna is grand! Vienna is quite massive and can at times be intimidating as you dodge fake Mozarts to sprint from the palace to a church to a museum. Your hotel stay shouldn’t be intimidating. It should be easy, comfortable, and light on the wallet so you that you are well rested and have of spending money to explore the city. Here are five hotels in Vienna to meet…

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Craft Beer Travel, Travel

Best Bars in the World – Part Two

If you thought Part One of Best Bars in the World brought us the exotic with a pub at the end of the world in Antarctica, you’re going to love this installment of the series! Our drinking journey continues to the far corners of the Earth with a township bar in Namibia, a cava bar in Spain, a traditional Irish pub in Ireland, and my favorite bar in the world located in…

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Eating, Europe, Food, Travel

A Gourmand’s Itinerary for Visiting Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria carries with it a rather long list of “must-see” attractions to experience all the city’s grandeur. For starters, visitors must visit at least one the Habsburg’s grand palaces – the Schonbrunn or Hofburg. When you’re done touring the Hofburg, you might as well stop by the Spanish Riding School and watch the horses perform maneuvers to the waltz. Speaking of music, don’t forget to visit Mozart’s house. Then there’s the…

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Africa, Travel

Visiting Table Mountain

I often wondered what it felt like to be Zeus looking down upon my dominion. To peer through the haze of clouds at my cities and villages. To send waves crashing to the shore with the single flick of my finger. To force dangerous winds upon my subjects with a hurried exhale to extol upon them that I am their God. Only I wasn’t in Greece but South Africa. Cape Town to…

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Craft Beer Travel, Travel

Best Bars in the World – Part One

Best Bars in the World Vacation is a time to relax and cut loose. One of my favorite ways to do that is sauntering up to a local watering hole for an afternoon or evening. It’s also one of the best ways to get to know locals or meet fellow travelers. Thus, it only seemed fitting that the second installment in the Best… in the World series should focus on bars! What’s…

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Food, Travel, United States

An Insiders Miami Food Guide – Top Restaurants that you HAVE to Eat at in Miami

What doesn’t Miami have? There’s chic shopping on Lincoln Drive, secluded beaches on Key Biscayne, and a dance clubs that stays open all night. Miami even has a vibrant food scene! With so much variety from American to international fare, Pitbull had to change his nickname from Mr. 305 to Mr. Worldwide (true story). Next time you’re in town taking up residence at one of South Beach’s Art Deco hotels, be sure…

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Best in the World, Eating, Food, Travel

Best Restaurants in the World – Part Two

One of my favorite things to do when I travel is eat. But not at the chain restaurants. I want taste like the locals. I want to eat what they’re eating and where they’re eating. I want to gorge on local dishes, not another hamburger. Thus, I thought it would be a cool idea to ask some of the top travel bloggers what they’re favorite restaurant was. Below is part two of their…

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